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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "J. Herrman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <john.herrman@swedenmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:52:38 -0700
Subject: Your Last Name

Hello
I am a legal practitioner based in the capital city of Stockholm in Sweden. I am a renown senior partner with Advokatfirman Delph which is listed in the roll call of the highest legal practitioners in Swedish law. I had a client who shares the same citizenship of your country and incidentally also share the same last names as yours. But unfortunately he died in 2013. Legal issues relating to intestate cropped up and this led me to visit your country from where I only just returned to Sweden last week. In the light of this scenario, can we talk about a possible partnership that would be of very valuable mutual benefit? Respond for details if interested.
Regards
J. Herrman 
(Senior Partner / Advokat)

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